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Innovators go way beyond just who you read about on Magazines, Wikipedia, or see on Oprah or CNN. Innovators can even be your next door neighbor! An innovator doesn’t have to be a self-made billionaire who built their company with their blood, sweat, and tears. Just look around you,

INNOVATORS are those that are able to build an attractive installment in their backyard from scratch with only the tools given!

INNOVATORS are those that decide to build a park in their neighborhood designed for the comfort of the local residents

INNOVATORS are those that come home from a long day of work and decide to cook a new recipe with just the ingredients in their fridge and cupboards!

What makes these INNOVATORS stand out from traditional INNOVATORS performing similar activities are their abilities to be able to sell their creations and innovations to the public!!

INNOVATORS can be:

Stay-at-home moms

Children with disabilities

The co-worker you secretly underestimate

The girl next door

A McDonalds’ cashier

Even you could be an innovator!! The question is what kind of innovator are you? Apparently there are five types of innovators out there! They are:

Movers and Shakers(People at the top such as CEOs, who are constantly pushing their team members to deliver on projects or get things done!)

Experimenters(Perfectionists who do whatever it takes to deliver on an assignment or initiative)

Star Pupils(Experts at branding themselves, as well identifying the right mentors that can propel them to a path of success)

Controllers(Those individuals who mobilize their troops to get a project done!)

Hangers-On(People that remind their team of the reality behind pushing a business idea to creation)

I find these to be very interesting. I’d say that I’m more of an experimenter as I’m constantly fiddling around with new ideas, and then once I come up with an idea or solution that is proven to work I don’t give up until I pull through. Steve Jobs, on the other hand, was more of a Mover and Shaker, as was known to be prickly towards his co-workers and partners only so things could get done!

Although the business landscape consists of mostly extroverts, those who think out loud, don’t be fooled; because there are a handful of introverts out there as well that value alone time to process thoughts.

Extroverts are the type of individuals that need to bounce ideas off of others, and for some reason they are not able to understand introverts! I say all of this because I just read a fantastic article based on the topic. Here it is:

Nutrition doesn’t have to include eating the right kinds of foods as opposed to fatty ones, i.e. hot dogs, hamburgers, it also includes how we wire our state of minds. The way I see it is that if we think in a pessimistic manner, we are bound to walk in the direction of failure. However, if we induce our minds towards optimistic thinking, then we are more prone to success because basically our minds are telling us that anything is possible!

There are a lot of people out there who have a bad habit of thinking negatively. They are described as small people because they are not open minded towards other avenues in life and are very cynical minded by nature.

If you are a product manager, salesmen, or entrepreneur trying to kick start your small business, it is extremely crucial that you adopt positive thinking into your everyday life. It is always optimists who succeed and who successfully transmit their charisma to others.

Optimists are the individuals who are able to manage their time well, while also working out a solid balance between professional and personal lives. They are the ones who are able to plant a smile on everyone’s face, while also serving as the motivator of a team making everyone else around them believe that they can do the impossible. Most importantly, they condition themselves to view even the impossible as possible. Finally, they have taught themselves to be naturally happy, which is also one of the keys to success!

What are your thoughts on optimists? Feel free to leave a comment below 🙂

How is everyone doing? Hope you guys had a cheerful day today! So anyway, I just want to make a few updates to readers of this blog. I know that when most of you guys, whether you are following my blog or not, read my blog you are expecting tips on how to start your own business, on-line or off-line.

I know there has been quite a bit of confusion because I’ve talked about topics that are so left-field such as investing, and I know many of you guys are confused because I bring up topics that deal with more philosophical issues such as mindfullness and how to think. Well the truth is that if you are an aspiring entrepreneur, you will have to adapt to such mindsets as thinking optimistically, eating right, staying fit by going to your local gym, and surrounding yourself with like-minded individuals. There are more and I’ll get to them eventually.

So what I’ll be talking about from now on are only topics concerning avenues of success in business and this includes mindsets that augment success as well as sales/marketing paradigms as that’s what I do for a living, marketing!